New Nation

This article is about the British newspaper established in 1996. For the American newspaper of the 1890s, see New Nation (United States). For the Singaporean newspaper, see New Nation (Singapore).

New Nation was a weekly newspaper published in the UK for the Black British community. Launched in 1996,^[1] the newspaper was Britain's Number 1-selling black newspaper. The paper was published every Monday.

New Nation

Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Tabloid
Owner(s)	Ethnic Media Group
Editor	Michael Eboda, Lester Holloway
Founded	1996
Political alignment	Minorities
Ceased publication	2016
Headquarters	Whitechapel, London

History

The original New Nation masthead was designed by Peter Pek.^[2]

New Nation was initially launched in November 1996, by Elkin Pianim and his wife Elisabeth Murdoch, daughter of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch.^[3] They later sold the title to Ethnic Media Group,^[4] a leading publisher of weekly newspapers, magazines, websites and digital newspapers for Britain's African, Caribbean, Black British and Asian communities,^[5] until the company went into administration in 2009.^[6]

It pioneered the development of Black and Asian digital newspapers, reaching a global audience.^[7] The newspaper's first two editions were priced at twenty-five pence, after which the price was raised to fifty-five pence.^[4] It featured a mix of news, sport, social and political issues. It also had a recruitment and personal section. Its weekly entertainment section, The Pulse, featured black music, gospel, general entertainment features as well as exclusive interviews. "Legal Ease" was a legal column written by barrister Ryan Clement, the author of Legal Eyes, that used to be a legal column in the weekly newspaper The Voice, which was New Nation's main competitor.

In 2003, when several UK newspapers were furnished with details about the death of Margie Schoedinger, a black woman who had filed rape charges against George W. Bush, only the New Nation chose to publish the story.^[8]

New Nation published its final online issue on 17 February 2016.^[9]

See also

• List of newspapers in the United Kingdom

References

1. Aitkenhead, Decca (13 October 1996). "Black and successful? Here's the good news". The Independent.
2. "New weekly tabloid set to hit the shelves", Design Week, 29 November 1996, p. 5.
3. Armstrong, Stephen (22 November 1996). "Media Profile | Birth of a Nation: Richard Adeshiyan, editor, New Nation". PR Week. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
4. Sunmonu, Yinka (2002). "Black Theatre Co-operative". In Donnell, Alison (ed.). Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture. Routledge. p. 301. ISBN 9781134700257.
5. Sweney, Mark (7 December 2006). "New Nation and Eastern Eye revamped". The Guardian.
6. McNally, Paul, and Sally Newall (23 January 2009), "Potential buyers emerge for New Nation newspaper", Press Gazette. Archived 22 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 7 March 2010.
7. Editor's anger at stop and search , BBC News, 24 February 2003.
8. Aronowitz, Simon (13 December 2003). "In the western world, only one newspaper reports the suicide of the woman who accused George W Bush of rape". Thought Crime News. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
9. "The domain name NewNation.co.uk is for sale".

External links

• Ethnic Media Group
• On The Publication of Margie Schoedinger's Death
• Nadine White, "'This is the news - our news': The history and importance of the UK’s Black press", The Independent, 15 October 2022.